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Originally Posted by currystyle
Thanks for all the input guys. I just got this cat so I dunno if it is leaking coolant or not, but I will assume it was since it came with a bottle of coolant. It doesn't appear to be dripping from anywhere though. My wife did notice quite a bit of smoke coming from the car when she followed me home, so it does appear to be smoking.
Since my last post I did drain the coolant and it appeared to have some oil in it, however there doesn't appear to be any coolant in the oil.
Pat, I know it wasn't a good idea to open the drain, but the car had been sitting for a little while at that point and I opened it very slowly.
The transmission did seem to slip quite a bit on the way home, but I'm not too attached to the automatic anyway. Also the car was whining while I was driving it Andorra seemed to be more vehicle speed related than engine speed. Someone said this may be the transfer case. Does this sound correct? This is the first AWD car I've ever had so I'm not sure.
Thanks again,
B
Edit: It would get heat, but only after the ten minute drive down the highway and only once i stopped. Even then it didn't seem to blow very hot.
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last time my car(s) had a whining noise while driving, it was the power steering. just added more fluid and the noise went away. really depends on what kind of whining noise you are talking about though. transmission slipping and smoke from underneath could indicate bad seals on the tranny itself. i know my white wagon has that problem, and i'm going to have to get the tranny fixed/replaced eventually.
seeing oil in the coolant is indicative of a head-gasket failure. remember that head gaskets can fail in many different spots, and each type of failure would have different signs. having oil in the coolant is one sign of one type of failure (other signs would be exhaust smoke in the coolant, coolant spitting out of the tail pipe, and coolant leaking out of the valve covers. i think that last one is uncommon on subies though). head gasket replacement on a subie can be quite expensive if you don't know how to do it yourself, so consider that before you go off an make any future plans for the car.